Derby County have some catching up to do from their 24th position, and the job begins vs Sheffield United. Read more!
- Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Derby County form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Derby County have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 12 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Pride Park Stadium.
County are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Coventry City.
Before that, County played out a Championship draw 2-2 when visiting Reading.The County fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 12 matches. County have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sheffield United form and stats
The visitors are W5-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Sheffield United hope to make it five in this match.
Sheffield United are travelling again after losing away to Wolverhampton Wanderers in their previous match (0-3).
Preceding that game was the away Championship victory against Fulham with the score of 1-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Preston North End.
Sheffield have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 14 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Sheffield have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Here's what happened when the teams played each other earlier this campaign; Sheffield United - County 1-0. Head to head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Derby County won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Sheffield United got six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  B. Sharp 6 goals |   T. Lawrence 5 goals |  M. Gibbs-White 5 goals |
Derby County missing players
Sheffield United missing players
| Derby County | Sheffield United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 22 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 23 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 10 | 14 | 29 |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 28 |
| 80% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 83% | 86% |
| 56% | 58% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 67% | 64% |
| 36% | 42% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 42% | 32% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 17% | 14% |
| 52% | 58% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | 50% |
| 36% | 42% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 33% | 32% |
| 32% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 33% | 32% |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 9.2 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 9.6 | 12.5 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 32% | 41% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | 34% |
| 12.6 | 13 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
- Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 49 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 46 |
| 3 | Fulham | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 32 | 45 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 42 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 40 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 35 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 34 |
| 10 | Coventry City | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | Millwall | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 33 |
| 13 | Sheffield United | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 32 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 31 |
| 15 | Bristol City | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -9 | 30 |
| 16 | Luton Town | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 29 |
| 17 | Swansea City | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 27 |
| 19 | Hull City | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 23 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 25 | -17 | 23 |
| 21 | Reading | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 22 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 33 | -24 | 19 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 24 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 14 |
| 24 | Derby County | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 11 |
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- Derby Telegraph - (local newspaper)
- Sheffield United FC
- The Star - (local newspaper)
- The Yorkshire Post - (local newspaper)
